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Quantum phase transition in an atomic Bose gas with a Feshbach resonance

Superconductivity 2014-10-13 v1 Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

We show that in an atomic Bose gas near a Feshbach resonance a quantum phase transition occurs between a phase with only a molecular Bose-Einstein condensate and a phase with both an atomic and a molecular Bose-Einstein condensate. We show that the transition is characterized by an Ising order parameter. We also determine the phase diagram of the gas as a function of magnetic field and temperature: the quantum critical point extends into a line of finite temperature Ising transitions.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0312446,
  title  = {Quantum phase transition in an atomic Bose gas with a Feshbach resonance},
  author = {M. W. J. Romans and R. A. Duine and Subir Sachdev and H. T. C. Stoof},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0312446},
  year   = {2014}
}

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4 pages, 2 figures